English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Lambourn

Major Settlement in the Parish of Lambourn

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Lambburnan c.880 EHD e.11th
  • (æt) Lamburnan c.980 ASWills e.11th
  • Lamborne, Lanborne 1086 DB
  • Lamburna 1156 P
  • Chepinglamburn(e) 1227 Ch
  • Chipping Lamborne 1754 ArchJ
  • Laumburn' 1256 Cl

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement